TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser’s husband allegedly placed $25 bet on NBA playoff game before son’s fatal drowning: ‘Attention divided’

The husband of TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser allegedly placed a $25 bet on a New York Knicks playoff game over an hour before his toddler son’s fatal drowning.

Brady Kiser had his attention “divided” between taking care of his two young sons and Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Knicks and Celtics at the time of 3-year-old Trigg Kiser’s drowning on May 12, according to a Chandler Police Department report.

Police found that little Trigg was unsupervised in the family’s Chandler, Ariz., backyard for more than 9 minutes and was “in the water for 7 of those minutes,” the report first obtained by People and made public on Aug. 8 revealed.

The 28-year-old father detailed to police that he was inside his home with his newborn son, Theodore, while Emilie Kiser had gone out with her friends 20 minutes from their home.

An investigation into the tragic death found Kiser placed a $25 bet with popular sports betting platform DraftKings at 5:14 p.m., 75 minutes before Trigg was spotted outside by a security camera, according to Kiser’s phone data.

The wager was for Celtics star Jayson Tatum scoring over 40 points in the game against the Knicks. Kiser was paid out $102.50 after Tatum scored 42 points in the 121-113 loss.

Surveillance cameras captured the toddler playing on an inflatable chair around the pool before tripping and falling in the water at 6:32 p.m.

Kiser didn’t discover his son unresponsive in the pool until 6:39 p.m.

Trigg was pulled out of the water by his father, who called 911 to report the drowning at 6:41 p.m., according to the report.

Chandler Police officers rushed to the home and performed CPR on Trigg, who had been moved into the house when they arrived.

First responders transported the lifeless toddler to Chandler Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on May 18.

Follow-up interviews found Kiser wasn’t truthful about how long Trigg was unsupervised.

Kiser initially told police that his son was left alone outside for 5 minutes, but investigators discovered the toddler had not been watched for over 10 minutes.

“I didn’t have a clock, obviously, I don’t know the exact time, but it was moments, it wasn’t minutes it was moments, it wasn’t that he had been out of sight for long,” Kiser told police during his first interview.

Police accused Kiser of not watching his son because the father couldn’t answer questions related to his son’s movement before the drowning.

“Brady’s statements do not match what is seen on the video; he did not accurately describe one thing [Trigg] did after he went outside. This leads to the conclusion that Brady was not aware of what [Trigg] was doing and was not watching him. The combination of these factors led to drowning, and a remedy to any of the contributing circumstances could have prevented the outcome,” the report stated.

Detectives concluded that Kiser’s attention was “divided” and was not watching “[Trigg] at all during the critical times mentioned.”

“During two interviews, he did not know what [Trigg] was doing before he fell in and did not see [Trigg] struggling to swim,” police said.

“No evidence suggests that Brady saw [Trigg] in the pool and failed to act. On the contrary, he acted
immediately when he saw him, leaving his infant swaddled on the ground in the patio area.”

Investigators found the family owned a mesh netting, called a Katchakid, which they claim was usually covering the pool.

The child protection device was not in place at the time of Trigg’s drowning.

The Kisers told police that the netting had recently been removed so they could swim but it was never replaced after the pool was used.

The police report was made public after Emilie Kiser successfully petitioned the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County to remove two pages regarding her son’s death.

The filing by the influencer was to censor the reason police recommended Brady Kiser should be charged with Class 4 felony child abuse, according to AZCentral.

Police submitted a report asking the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to consider charging Brady Kiser with child abuse with criminal negligence.

Officials determined that there was insufficient evidence to charge Brady.